Attachment for coin-collectors.



W. O..BECK & A. U. HOEFER.

ATTACHMENT FOR com COLLECTORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. 1915.

Patented May 16, 1916.

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In! COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH 420.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM O. BECK, 0F RIDGEF'IELD, AND ALFRED U. HOEFER, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. I

ATTACHMENT vFOR COIN-COLLECTORS.

Application filed March 25, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM O. BECK and ALFRED U. Honrnn, citizens of the United States, residing at Ridgefield, 1n the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, and at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Coin-Collectors, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

This invention relates to coin collectors. and more particularly to coin collectors of the postpayment type in which there is provided a tiltable receptacle adapted in one position to receive and temporarily retain a coin of a particular size, and in another po sition to deposit the coin in a hopper, the receptacle being adapted also to permit the passage therethrough of coins smaller in size than those which it is designed to collect.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple form of attachment which may be readily applied to existing coin collectors for deflecting into the cash box the coins which pass through the tiltable receptacle without being deposited in the usual manner.

An attachment made in accordance with this invention comprises a sheet metal plate adapted to be inserted in the coin collector, and having its surface curved to more readily facilitate the depositing of the coin in the hopper. The plate is preferably provided near its center with a raised portion adjacent the end of the tiltable receptacle for changing the direction of movement of the coin, a depressed portion adjacent and below the raised portion for accelerating the speed of the coin to prevent its sticking, and a second raised portion at its margin extending into the mouth of the hopper for directing the coin thereinto. An angularly disposed ear, formed integrally with the plate, is adapted to receive screw-threaded attaching means for securing the attachment to the wall of the box.

In the drawings illustrating this invention, Figure 1 is an outline vertical section of a coin collector as normally constructed; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the attachment of this invention applied thereto; Fig. 3 is a perspective of the attachment of this invention; and Fig. 4: is a detail sec- Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMay '16, 1916.

Serial No. 16,902.

tion view of the Walls of the tiltable receptacle.

In the drawings, designates a deflecting plate having a raised portion 6 formed near its center, a depressed portion 7, adjacent said raised portion 6, and a "second raised portion 8 adjacent said depressed portion 7. An ear portion 9 formed integrally with and at right angles to the body portion of the plate 5 is provided with threaded apertures 10 which furnish a means for fastening said plate in the collector. An elongated slot 12 is made near the edge opposite the one which carries the ear 9 for the purpose of accommodating mechanism (not shown) upon the interior of the collector. The general conformation of the plate 5 may best be seen by reference to Fig. 3.

Fig. 1 shows one of the standard forms of coin collectors having a tiltable receptacle 15 and a refund device 16 which functions to return all deposited coins of a size which will pass through the receptacle 15 when it is in its normal position as shown by the full line of Fig. 1.

In applying the attachment herein described, the refimd device 16 is removed and the attachment placed in the position formerly occupied by said device as is illustrated in Fig. 2. In mounting the deflecting plate 5, screws are passed through openings in the side of the box and are screwed into the threaded apertures 10 of the ear 9, and when tightened, rigidly secure the plate 5 in a position so that the margin of the raised portion 8 extends into the mouth of a hopper 11 which directs the coin into the cash box. The ear 9 also functions as a blocking plate for the refund channel 13, when the plate 5 is secured in position.

The receptacle 15 is adapted to receive a coin of a given denomination different in size from a one cent piece, and temporarily retain the same until deposited in ithe cash box by the depositor tilting a mechanism (not shown) designed to collect the deposited coin. A one cent piece, however, is small enough to pass through the opening between the projections formed in the walls 17 of receptacle 15, as is illustrated by Fig.

its center, a depressed portion upon one sideof such raised portion and a second raised portion at the end below said depressed portion, and means formed integrally with said plate for receiving securing means.

2. An attachment for coin collectors comprising a plate having a raised portion near its center, a depressed portion upon one side of such raised portion and a second raised portion at the end below said depressed portion, and an angularly disposed ear formed integrally with said plate for securing means.

In witness whereof, we hereunto subscribe our names this 23rd day of March A. D.,

WILLIAM O. BECK. ALFRED U. HOEFER. WVitnesses:

E. EDLER, K. L. STAHL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

